Superconductivity is a quantum physical state in which a metal is able to conduct electricity perfectly without any ...

Scientists have discovered a groundbreaking way to control superconductivity—an essential phenomenon for developing more energy-efficient technologies and quantum computing—by simply twisting ...

Superconductivity provides a way to develop energy-efficient components that could impact everything from transportation ...

By adjusting the twist angle, they were able to finely tune the "superconducting gap," which plays a key role in the behavior of these materials. The research is published in Nature Physics.

Ultra-low-temperature scanning tunnelling spectroscopy measurements indicate that twisting the layers in heterostructures making up a single layer of superconducting NbSe 2 on graphene leads to ...